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Monday, August 16, 2010

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I have to interupt all the great quilt stories to bring you my (Heather) latest finish...If you know me at all I have ADD. I can't focus on one thing. I want to go from one thing to the next and some projects take me years to finish, or sometimes I just don't finish it at all...

The basic story behind this quilt is that I realized if I take a few minutes here and there when I can focus my ADD. I can sew a stack of blocks. Or I can pin a pile of fabric while I am watching a show with my husband. Or I can iron a little pile in the 15 minutes while I am waiting for the carpool to pick up my daughter and have to be downstairs anyway. I always think I need 4-5 hours in peace, maybe a girl's craft weekend, Or a late night. But if I take advantage of the 15-20 minutes I can sneak off and do each day, I can actually accomplish a quilt rather quickly.

So here you have the final product...

This is going into my daughter's room after I finally finish the nursery they are next!

13 comments:

The quilt is beautiful and so girly - something I don't do very often since I only have grandsons and neither one of my daughters is very "girly". By the way, I'm hosting my first giveaway - come by and check it out at http://straystitches1.blogspot.com/

That's a great lesson to learn - I used to be in an on-line group (many years ago, when Compuserve was the only thing out there!) called TMAD - Ten Minutes A Day - the philosophy being that you can accomplish a whole lot in ten minutes each day. And it works!! But those 5-hour blocks are wonderful, too!

This is such a beautiful finish! I'm so glad you shared it! I need to hear that 15-20 minutes is enough. It's like a lesson I have to keep learning over and over again. Maybe I should go sew up a stack of fabric I have waiting around here....

I think your quilt is just gorgeous-congratulations! I have that book and have made it in bright summery colors, but I think I would like to do it again in a completely different color scheme after seeing yours. And I think you have a great border too.